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'till 9 p. m. )r Bargain Day Renewals XT Weather y' Usa Tha MAIL TRIBUNE Want Ad Way . Quick Results At Small Cost MEDFORD 1RIBUNE United Press Full Leased Wire Forecut: clear and continued hot tonight and tomorrow. Temp. HlfhMt yesterdar ICQ Lowest thti morning 57 Precip. past 21 hourt ...m United Press Full Leased Wlxa Thirty-ninth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1944 NO. 143. Tribune Office Open Saturday FACTORY CITIES OF Tokyo Reports 40 Super forts In Raid on Antung and Anshan. Washington. Sept. 8 (U.R) Big American B-29 Superfort V resses struck today at "import ant industrial targets'" in Japanese-dominated Manchuria, the War Department announced, and the Tokyo radio indicated that the targets were the fac tory cities of Antung and An shan. The new assault by the mam moth bombers against Japan's war-making potential was an nounced by Gen. Henry H. Arn old, chief of the army air forces and head of the 20th bomber command, which guides opera tions of the B-29's. It was the eighth attack mis sion by the big four-engined bombers which operate from secret bases far back in the China-Burma-India theater. Arnold did not disclose the number of planes taking part in the raid, nor did he identify the exact targets, but promised that "further details will be re leased as soon as additional in formation Is available." The Tokyo' radio, however, reported that up to 40 Ameri can planes of a "large type" a phrase used before by the Japanese to describe B-29's had hit the important industrial cities of Antung and Anshan, the latter which felt B-29 bombs in a previous raid six weeks ago. One broadcast, directed In English to the south Pacific and recorded by FCC monitors, said the formation comprised "sev eral tens" of "large" planes, a phrase previously used by the Japanese in describing the big B-29 bombers. Another Tokyo broadcast, heard in London, said the for mation consisted of at least 30 to 40 aircraft. The target In one broadcast was identified as Anshan, an f Important iron and steel center 55 miles southwest of Mukden, but another Tokyo report said the Allied bombers were over Antung, 100 miles southeast of Anshan. Antung, a city of 315,000 pop ulation on the Yalu river, seven miles inland from Korea bay. Is the center of the Manchuria Light Metals company, the Man churia Electric corporation and the Suiho hydro-electric plant. None of the broadcasts claim ed that any planes were shot down, although two reports heard by FCC said the allied formations were engaged by Jap anese planes over both Antung and Anshan. Miracle Man Kaiser To Build Helicopters Oakland, Calif., Sept. 8 (U.R) Henry J. Kaiser said today he had purchased patent rights to a revolutionary counter-rotor helicopter, hired Its 19-year-old inventor, and learned to fly the machine after five minutes in struction. The contracts were negotiated by Kaiser Cargoes, Inc., with Stanley Hiller, Berkeley, Calif., youth recently draft-deferred at the request of the navy in order that he might develop the craft for rescue and air ambulance work. Chicago, Sept. 8. (U.R) Grain futures opened easier on the board of trade today. SIDE GLANCES By TRIBUNE REPORTERS Mamie Hazel describing with mouth-wateriug effect how to make a special kind of pickled pepper. Roy Love coming down from the hills again with his shagsy beard at least two inches longer than It was a month ago. Dewey Starts ..... .. ., -T i : .if. :.-.. Gov Thomas E. Dewey and Mrs. Dewey wave to New York crowds from back platform of their special train as the Republican presidential nom inee started on his 6700-mile coast-to-coast campaign trip. He plans to toD In 10 states where 134 Electoral College votes, almost one-lourth of the total, are at stake In the November elecUoj. E TO SELL FR STONE BUSTS FOR HIND DENIED Los Angeles, Sept. 8. U.R) Alfred W. Robertson, chairman of the southern division of the California Central Democratic Committee, today termed "utter ly" absurd" a Chicago Tribune story charging . western Demo crats with promoting a nation wide scheme to raise a $50,000,- 1 000 slush fund throueh the sale of busts of the president. "I remember a man came around with a bust he wanted to sell it to us. suggested we raffle it off, but we wouldn't touch it," Robertson said. "It was Just a scheme by a private individual to make some money. Every year there are a thousand guys with a thousand schemes." Robertson said H. C. Copley, a member of the California com mittee named by the. Tribune as having endorsed the scheme, had "absolutely nothing to do with it no connection at all." The Tribune had charged the money would be raised from war plants, labor unions and federal employes through sale of stone busts of the president In an ef fort to circumvent the Smith Conally and Hatch acts. The busts would be sold to Democratic central committees in each state for S150 each, the Tribune said, and the committee would in turn retail them to union locals,, war contractors, eac, for $500 and up. PRESIDENT SAID Washington Sept. 8 U.R) President Roosevelt today shrugged off charges by Gov. Thomas E. Devey the republi can presiricntiV candidate, that the administration was "afraid" to release soldiers from the army because it feared another de pression. Asked at a news conference about Dewey's charge the presi dent told his questioner to say the president smiled broadly and said nothing. Washington. Sept. 8 4J.R) Carloadings of revenue rail freight in the week ended Sept. 2 totaled 898,450 cars. M Campaign Trip St C V1 1;' - ' ' - if' J (Acme Telenhoto) YAP ID Ml E Washington, Sept. 8. U.R) Carrier planes blasted Yap and Ulithl, important Japanese bases in the western Carolines, on three consecutive days begin ning Tuesday, the navy an nounced today. The planes dumped 110 tons of bombs and fired many rock ets. A radio-cable station was destroyed, as well as antiaircraft positions, buildings and storage dumps. Yap is approximately 800 statutes miles east of the Philip pines and Ulithl is about 100 miles east of Yap. No enemy planes were en countered In the air and only meager anti-aircraft fire op posed the attackers. American personnel casualties were only three pilots and one air crew man. None of the ships in the carrier force was damaged. Meanwhile, on Wednesday, Pagan and Aguijan In the Marl anas were subjected to aerial strafing and to a rocket assault launched against gun emplace ments and other installations, especially at Pagan. OFFICrTOPElTO 9P.M. SATURDAY Circulation Manager Gerald T. Latham announced today that the Mail Tribune office will be open until 9 p. m. Saturday for the convenience of working peo ple or those otherwise busy dur ing daytime hours, who wish to take advantage of the annual "bargain days" subscription of fer. New subscriptions or renew als made by Monday cost only $7.50 per year delivered by car rier, or $6 when delivered by mail. Latham urged all persons who are able to do so, to take out subscriptions Saturday and avoid the last-day rush on Mon day. Subscriptions may be taken at the office or by mail, or through carriers delivering papers in each section. Carriers now deliv ering the Mail Tribune in Med iford, arc qualified to accept new lor renewal subscription. Ml DEWEY FORMALLY FLAYSJEW DEAL Says The Administration Is Afraid Of Own Errors Blasts Hershey Stand. (Dewey Speech on Air 6:30) Aboard Dewey Campaign Train,' Sept. 8 fU.R) Gov. Thomas E. Dewey sped toward Louisville, Ky., today to outline his views on how to prevent future wars in a speech to a con vention of republican women to night. Dewey formally opened his campaign in Philadelphia Con vention hall last night. In the first of seven major speeches scheduled for his tour, he told an audience estimated at 12 500 and a nationwide radio audience that the Roosevelt administration is "afraid to let men out of the army" because It lacks confi dence In America's ability to re turn to peacetime economy. Quoting Selective Service Di rector Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Her shey as having announced re cently that demobilization of the armed forces will be a grad ual process because "we can keep people in the army about as cheaply as we could create an agency for them when they are out," Dewey declared. "The New Deal prepares to keep men in the army because it Is afraid of a resumption of Its own depression." They can't think of anytnlng for us to do once we stop building guns and tanks." Dewey said he believes that members of the armed forces should be brought home and re leased "at the earliest practical moment after victory " "I believe that the occupation of Germany and Japan should very soon be confined to those who voluntarily choose to re main In the army when peace comes," he said. Dewey said that with the win ning of the war In sight there are two overshadowing prob lems confronting the people. He listed first "the making and keeping of the peace of the world." "The other problem," he said, "Is whether we shall replace the tired and quarrelsome defeatism of the present administration with a fresh and vigorous gov ernment." Dewey predicted that the suc cess of the nation in peacetime "depends entirely on the out come of this election." Picturing the Roosevelt ad ministration as "tired, exhaust ed, quarreling and bickering," and "the most wasteful, extrava gant and Incompetent adminis tration in the history of the na tion," he argued that It was ut- conversion. When he reached this point In his text referring to WPB Chair man Donald R. Nelson's China mission, he Interpolated: "And this is not a new experience. Other men have been sent to China." The reference seemed to be to the China trip of Vice-President Henry A. Wallace. It drew a gleeful response from the au dience. Miss Ball Blames Divorce On Hair Hollywood, Srpt. 8. (U.R) Miss Lucille Ball, who wasted years as a movie clothes horse, today blamed her red hair and the Latin temperament of Dcsl Arnaz for her decision to tell it to a judge. Miss Ball, who now wears as little clothes as the censors will allow, sued the Cuban actor under his proper title of Desi deiro Alberto Arnaz Do Acha III and said sho was surprised It lasted the four years it did, ' Las Vegas. Ncv., Spt. 8 flJR) Clara Bow, former "It Girl" of the movies, was recovering In a hospital here today after being stricken suddenly critically ill last night, it was announced. 9 TSS3mE FULLS al ,1 baal mmA U leal W had Isai rrrraml Itul U lsi bauH a.- VX E EARLY NOVEMBER EXPERTSF I G URE Last Big Battle In West Is Fought; Germans Unable To Make Stand. The following dispatch was filed by the American press rep resentative at General Eisen hower's headquarters last Sun day and was released only today. The fact that the dispatch went through American censorship in dicates that it was approved, al- j though the conclusions are not attributed directly to General Eisenhower or any official source. Distributed by United Press General Eisenhower's Head quarters, Sept. 3. U.R The continued retreat of the German armies and their failure to make any kind of organized stand since the allies pushed them across the Seine leaves but one conclusion that Hitler has lost the war in the west. It Is most likely that the last big battle of the war on the western front already has been fought. Armored pincers will simply keep on stabbing first here, then there, until Germany Itself is overrun Just as north ern France and Belgium have been overrun in the past few days. How long this will take Is a matter of the least concern to the Allies Most think the jig will be up by early November. General Eisenhower, himself went before 100 newspapermen in London last week and repeat ed a statement he made in Al giers last Christmas: that the Nazis would be licked in '44 if everyone does his part. It is not unreasonable to assume that the supreme commander allowed himself some margin to work in. It is no secret that the speed of the Allied advance Is covered only by the time It takes for supplies to catch up with the gasoline-devouring tanks. Things developed to a point where one can ask, "When will we be here?" pointing to any spot in Germany. One gets the prompt and direct answer, quali fied by "if the gasoline and am munition keep up with us." formerTeDeed TO LAST Alpena, Micb., Sept. 8 U.R Former Sen. James A. Reed, D., Mo., who placed personal convic tions above parly loyalty to fight bitterly the League of Nations after World War I, died today. Reed, 82, served for 18 years; In the upper house and In 1928 was a candidate for the democra tic party's presidential nomina tion. He had been 111 more than a week, and was taken to a hos pital at Alpena frim his Oscoda . county rancn a wt-CK ago, sui fering from a severe cold. Recovering somewhat, he re turned to the ranch but on Wed nesday his condition became critical and his personal physi cian from Kansas flew to his bedside. 25 Billion Yen For Jap Defense Voted By United Press Japan's new military budget of 25,000,000,000 yen was ap proved by the Diet House of Representatives Friday after Premier Kunlaki Kolso, an swering questions raised from the floor, declared that the Nippon's army and navy were "poison for decisive action against the enemy," Tokyo re ported in a broadcast recorded by United Press, San Francisco. New York, Sept. 8 -'U.R) Cotton futures opened 4 to 5 points lower today. RUSSIANS' SWEEP BULGARIA ASIDE IN BALKAN PUSH Head For Adriatic and Aegean Coasts Serbo Revolt; Offense Hinted. London, Sept. 8 (U.R) Rus sian tanks and troops were re ported overrunning all Bulgaria and striking out for the Adriatic and Aegean coasts today. Yugoslav sources said the Red army's Balkan offensive had touched off a general uprising against Nazi occupation forces in Siberia. Reports from Allied and en emy sources indicated that the greatest combined operation of the Balkan war was In full swing, poising an imminent threat of encirclement and de struction to possibly 375.000 Ger man troops in southeastern Europe. Word of the new offensive came close after an announce ment that Allied commando units landed in strength in west ern Yugoslavia, joined forces with Marshal Josip Tito's parti sans, and were moving eastward toward the Danube and a junc ture with the Red army. . Berlin said the Russians had broken across the Bulgarian frontier and driven all the way through that country to the Greco-Turkish border. Another Russian column was said to be approaching Sofia, In a march the Nazis said was completely unopposed. Following their custom when a new campaign Is developing, Moscow spokesmen were silent on the reported drive into Bul garia and partisan accounts of an invasion of Yugoslavia. They hinted cautiously, how ever, at a massive offensive co ordinated with Anglo-American attacks on the Balkans from the west. JET UNITS FOR NAVY Washington, Sept. 8. (U.R) The iiavy announced today that it had developed for Immediate use jet propulsion units to assist carrier plnnes and flying boats to take off with heavier loads, in shorter spaces and at greater speed. A navy carrier fighter now will be able to cut its take off run In half, the navy said, thus permitting carriers to use more of their deck space for planes. Th4 jet units, each an engine In Itself, look very much like bombs, except that they are fas tened to the fuselage. Once In the air the pilot can Jettison the units. Generally, more than one unit each of which delivers ap proximately 330 horsepower throughout the takeoff would be used on a single plane. IN NEVADA VOTE Washington, Sept. 8. OJ.R) Labor, the weekly organ of the railway brotherhoods, claimed today that the brotherhoods and the American Federation of Labor had "neutralized the vicious work of the Congress of Industrial Organizations" against Sen. Pat McC'arran, D., In the Nevada primary this week. Labor charged that McCar ran's near defeat was caused by "the flood of vile propaganda turned loose against McC'arran by Sidney Hillman's communist controlled CIO political action committee." McCarran was re nominated by a narrow margin over Vail Plttman, brother of the lata Sen. Key I'ittman, D., Ncv. BULBARS DECLARE Y London, Sept. 8. (U.R) A Bul garian broadcast recorded by the BBC said Bulgaria declared war against Germany at 6 p.m. today. The declaration was de cided upon two days ago, and the Sovioi union has been in formed, the broadcast was quot ed. Tha reported declaration of war by the Bulgars followed a troubled week in which the government had been reshuffled and Russia had declared war against Bulgaria, accusing that country of continuing to support the Nazis. Advance word of the reported declaration, leaked out yester day. The German radio, among other sources, reported it but within a short time retracted its own report, saying instead that Bulgaria had only broken rela tions with Germany. ACTIONS FAIL TO HALT GEN. PATCH Yankees Near Swiss Line, Take Bescanon In South France Plunge. Rome, Sept. 8 (U.R) Ameri can troops have reached Besan con, 47 miles from the Belford pass, while French forces have captured Pontarller, five miles from the Swiss border, it was announced today. Rome, Sept. 8 (U.R) , The battered German lflth army was making intense rear guard stands through south central France to day for the first time In nearly two weeks, but failed to halt fast-dr;vlng American and French troops now within 40 milrs of the Belford gap Into Germany. All along the Allied line from near the Swiss border to the Saone river. Lt. Gen. Alexander M. Patch's 7th armv forces were encountering stiffening resist ance as the Germans fell back toward Belfort and the father land. In one sector the Germans even drew from their meager tank resources In a desperate at tempt to slop the rapid Allied drive, but without success. American troops, driving along the main highwav to Bel fort, ran Into heavy machine gun, mortar and tank fire when they reached the outskirts of Besan con, an Important communica tions center on the Dnubs river and thp Rhone-Hhine canal. The Germnns put up a series of fierce battle before the Amcrl cons broke through and swung an arc around the city of 50,000 persons. T AFTER OCTOBER 1 Washington, Sept. 8 (U.R) Price Chief Chester Bowles an nounced today that blue ration tokens, ordered by the govern ment at a cost of $1,133,208 to make change for blue ration stamps, will not be used after October 1. Ho urged consum ers to dispose of their supply as soon as possible. Howies said retailers were be ing Instructed to discontinue Is suing the tokens after Sept. 17, when 17 food Items will be re moved from the processed ra tion list. Ha explained that fu ture food values would be ar ranged so that most items will have point valuo In multiples of 10, enabling consumers to use 10-polnt blue stamps with out needing "change." F METZJOUL AREA Violent Battle Rages On Moselle Reith Ap proaches Falter. Supreme Headquarters, AEF, Sept. 8 U.R) The 12th U. S. army group hacked its way through stiff German opposition today to capture the great Bel gian industrial center of Liege. Tha capture of Liege, an ancient fortress city with a quar ter million population, gives the Americans possession of one of Europe's great armament and steel producing centers, roughly 25 miles from the German bor der. It was the scene of the heroic but vain stand of the small Bel gian army against the first im pact of the Kaiser's invading forces in August, 1914. By United Press The Brussels Radio report ed that La Havre, France's third port long since by-passed in the allied push against Germany, had been liberated. Confirmation was not forth coming immediately. Supreme Headquarters, AEF, Sept. 8. (U.PJ Dispatches from France tonight said the Ameri can 3rd army had established three new bridgeheads across the Moscllo river, and to tha northwest all semblance of or ganized German rfeitnn.A ap peared to have collapsed in th face of whirlwind advances by the U. S. 1st army. United Press Correspondent Robert C. Richards, In a dispatch filed from the 3rd army front at 8:10 p. m., said that despite stif fening German opposition Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's troops smashed across the Moselle and seized two new footholds in the Metz area and one near Toul. The 3rd army units engaged In the violent battle in the Metz sector of the blazing Moselle front were subjected to fierca mortar fire, Richards reported. His brief report of new gains, however, indicated that the Yanks were battering forward in key sectors and holding tho edge in the mounting struggle. Another dispatch from Joseph W. Grigg at Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley's 12th army group head quarters said thnt Lt. Gen. Courtney Hodges' 1st army troops were "driving beaten German divisions before them in a headlong rout" as they smash ed through the Mouse line in southern Belgium and "threw open the road through the Ar dennes Into Germany." In some sectors, Grigg report ed, tho disorganized remnants of German garrisons were fleeing eastward in helter-skelter re treat, "with the sole objective of reaching the temporary safety of the Siegfried line." Earlier advices said Patton's forces WwTe closing against Metz and Nancy In a drive carrying within 20 miles of Germany, and a spokesman predicted that the fortresses guarding the ap proaches to the relch would fall or be neutralized within two days. War Bulletins By United Press Soviet Ambassador to Japan Yakor Malik and Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shi gomitsu conferred for an hour and a half Friday, following Malik's return from Moscow, radio Tokyo said today. Chungking, Sept, 8 (U.R) Liberators of the China-based U. S. 14th airforce sank a 5,600 ton Japanese freighter and two 1,200 ton ships off Formosa Wednesday, as other bombers and lighters support', ed herd pressed Chinese troops In the Llngllng area, a communique announced today.
